Blog 5

Collaberating with students, peers, and community leaders can be very helpful in creating student success. I would use a class e-mail to let community leaders and parents know the plans we have for the class.My peers would a;so be on the e-mail ost so  that they could see what we were doing as well as offer suggestions on other ways to accomplish our goals. Using tools such as symabaloo wil help the students organize their websites for easier access to homework and classwork answers.Having a blog that the students and parents can read to get homework information from is also an idea. Technology can be helpful if you put it to work for you.

Blog 4

I will maintain lifelong learning through the continuing education courses I will take each year as a teacher, as well as keeping up with the technology that sports develops in the future, as a coach. I will always strive to keep my classes fun and exciting and hope that my students look forward to my class.I am pretty sure I will be able to tell if the technology is not used effectively because if the kids get bored with something, they will let you know. As long as the kids like what they are doing , they will continue to do it without much proding from the teacher. When it is used effectively, technology can help bring up test scores and even help with self -esteem. For these and many other reasons, I will be up to date on the techno-biz.

Blog 3

I believe that it is the teachers responsibility to pre-screen everything that will be shown during class. Just searching a topic may end up directing the student to a site they do not need to be on. I know at our school , they have a prety good filtering system that helps curb a lot of the pop-up ads and adult content, but I have been at schools that didn`t have these filters. At one school I visited, the kids all had laptops and when they were in class the teacher could see what they were looking at from his desk. Having this kind of Web-monitoring is a great way to help keep the kids safe.I also think that clear instructions on what to look at and what not to look at helps the kids focus their attention.

Classroom mix

I would try to balance them by making sure that the technology was not replacing my teaching. the technology needs to enhance the teaching. There are times that I may use a mix of technology,such as powerpoint or I-movie.Other times I might stand in the front of the classroom and lecture,then direct the students to look at something on a certain website,or read something in the textbook. I believe that you need to know the students and what motivates them to learn.If you use a variety of technologies, you are more likely to hit on something that will interest everyone in the class and encourage those authentic learning moments.

Child-Driven Education

I totally agree with Sugata Mitra whan he says " if children have interest ,education happens. You can't help but feel good for the kids that are smiling and laughing as they are learning.This is awesome! Kids that hve never seen a computer before learning to operate and navigate on the computer, without any instruction whatsoever. This goes to show that kids will learn what they want to learn. I like the idea of SOLEs also. These cubicles could help kids around the world learn things never possible before ,unless a teacher had gone to their country to teach. This gives me hope thet even the kids that are hard to engage have a subject that they like. It is my job to make sure there is no reson for them to lose interest. Great Video!





Works Cited:

Mitra,S ( 2010 , September) Child-Driven Education. Retrieved fom Technology Entertainment Design:

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html

Week 1

This is my first technology class in the graduate program. I am a little scared because I am not very technology oriented.  We talked about the projects that we are going to be doing in the class and it seemed more overwhelming. I have a good study group though, and I think that i will be OK.I really want to understand how to use the technology I have access to to make my classes better and more informative.My goal is to be able to go back to my school and teach not only my students, but some of the other teachers how to use different technologies in the classroom.